duplicate

[ noun, adjective doo-pli-kit, dyoo-; verb doo-pli-keyt, dyoo- ]

/ noun, adjective ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdyu-; verb ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdyu- /

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noun

a copy exactly like an original.

anything corresponding in all respects to something else.

Cards. a duplicate game.

verb (used with object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.

to make an exact copy of.

to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.

to double; make twofold.

verb (used without object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.

to become duplicate.

adjective

exactly like or corresponding to something else: duplicate copies of a letter.

consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.

Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.

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Idioms for duplicate

in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.

Origin of duplicate

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English from Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre “to make double”), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex ) duplex + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR duplicate

1 facsimile, replica, reproduction.

9 twofold.

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ANTONYMS FOR duplicate

1 original.

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synonym study for duplicate

4. See imitate.

OTHER WORDS FROM duplicate

du·pli·ca·tive, adjectivenon·du·pli·cat·ing, adjectivenon·du·pli·ca·tive, adjectivepre·du·pli·cate, verb (used with object), pre·du·pli·cat·ed, pre·du·pli·cat·ing.

qua·si-du·pli·cate, adjectiveself-du·pli·cat·ing, adjectiveun·du·pli·cat·ed, adjectiveun·du·pli·ca·tive, adjective

Words nearby duplicate

duplex lock, duplex process, duplex pump, duplex uterus, duplicable, duplicate, duplicate bridge, duplicating machine, duplication, duplication of chromosomes, duplication of the cube

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Example sentences from the Web for duplicate

That duplicate pipe San Diego wants to build, which would sit parallel to the one Met uses now, wouldn’t produce any savings for ratepayers until at least 2063 – costing two generations of ratepayers at least $5 billion to build.
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Sometimes the duplicate copies persist for many millions of years before being lost, for reasons that Gramzow and Thießen are still investigating.
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Reporters had to run the data through multiple computer programs to remove any duplicate records and standardize information that was frequently misspelled.
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In response, registrars need to search for duplicate entries that are usually mistakes – someone named Mike is registered in one county, moves and re-registers in another county as Michael, for example.
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Shepard said, for example, “We know that we only want one title per page, that the title should be relatively short – 50 to 60 characters – the title should be unique, meaning it shouldn’t be a duplicate of other titles on your site.”
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He lost the bet on the twenty-eighth question, when a duplicate birthday turned up.
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Wayne has infused the whole operation with a spirit of joy and dedication that is stealth seasoning no one can duplicate.
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And it does seem true that Bitcoins are very hard to forge or duplicate.
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Son of God is trying to duplicate the grassroots strategy that paid off for Gibson.
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Illegible handwriting and typos lead to errors and duplicate entries.
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This the Echo, with very little hesitation, repeated in duplicate as usual.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870|Various
Inside the annex to the lighthouse were the duplicate engines for filling tanks with compressed air.
Some Naval Yarns|Mordaunt Hall
Soon after the action, we were ordered to Spithead, with duplicate despatches.
Frank Mildmay|Captain Frederick Marryat
A numbered check is given to the employee and a duplicate attached to the parcel.
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In a few minutes he looked at his watch, and then pulled out a note, a duplicate of the one she had herself received.
The Mayor of Casterbridge|Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for duplicate

duplicate

adjective (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)

copied exactly from an original

identical

existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold

noun (ˈdjuːplɪkɪt)

an exact copy; double

something additional or supplementary of the same kind

two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)

verb (ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt)

(tr) to make a replica of

(tr) to do or make again

(tr) to make in a pair; make double

(intr) biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical partsthe chromosomes duplicated in mitosis

Derived forms of duplicate

duplicable (ˈdjuːplɪkəbəl), adjectiveduplicability, nounduplicately, adverbduplicative, adjective

Word Origin for duplicate

C15: from Latin duplicāre to double, from duo two + plicāre to fold

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verb (used with object), du·pli·cat·ed, du·pli·cat·ing.